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Darfur governor escapes assassination attempt

December 15, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – The governor of West Darfur Abu Al-Gasim Imam Al-Haj escaped an assassination attempt in El-Geneina after his motorcade was ambushed.

News reports in Khartoum said that Al-Haj was on his way back from the town of Zalingi when an unspecified number of gunmen intercepted his convoy.

No details were provided on the incident but it was reported that two of the governor’s bodyguards were suspected of involvement in the incident.

The daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published in London said that the rebel faction led by Al-Haj interrogated both men and tortured them until they were dead.

AL-Haj, who is a former Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) commander from South Darfur, signed a peace deal with the Sudanese government in Tripoli, Libya, on November 18, 2006.

(ST)

3 Comments

  • Lokorai
    Lokorai

    Darfur governor escapes assassination attempt
    Darfuris, that is why South Sudan isn’t interested in an unholy alliance with you! You haven’t proved to Southerners either that you have indeed close that chapter when you innocently killed our people.

    When our leaders offer to help you to unite you scornful shun them in an attempt retain the perception that we are’t equal because of our religion and believes. your foiled attack on Khartoum this year without informing us has clearly open our eyes about who you are.

    The attempt on the live of Abu Al Gasim Imam(something we aren’t used to) proves to many of us that you are still cluster terrorists out to terrorise the whole country with your banditry and thuggish behaviours.

    We dare you to come to Southern Sudan again if you will…

    Lokorae

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  • tayeb M. Alhassan
    tayeb M. Alhassan

    Darfur governor escapes assassination attempt
    They started indorsing new terms (assassination) which the Sudanese politics never knows.

    SPLA fought clean war with clean hands and finally won majestic peace.

    Drop it now or otherwise you will lose entire interior support if there is some or any.

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